This digital piece depicts a mask-like form rising from a black void, with its vertical mirrors reflecting the light. The composition is dominated by smooth, metallic grays that are folded into symmetrical, wave-like patterns that resemble a totem or twisted human face. Sharp, diamond-shaped eyes repeat and reverberate across the surface, producing a fascinating, almost mechanical look. Accents of red and cyan break through the grayscale, most notably in a mouth-like figure at the center and a smaller, chaotic form below, evoking both speech and rupture. The image has a strangely organic and synthetic quality to it, as if the expressiveness had been compressed and warped into an ornamental form. A chilling, expressive stillness permeates the piece, which portrays a sense of psychological uneasiness through loss, fragmentation, and reflection.
About the Artist
Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a grad background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently or will soon appear in Fish Food, Streetlight, Another Chicago Magazine, The Door Is a Jar, The Phoenix, and other journals. Edward is also a published poet who has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize multiple times.
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